corroborate

English

Etymology

From Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“I support, corroborate”), from com- (“together”) + rōborō (“I strengthen”), from rōbur (“strength”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/

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Verb

corroborate (third-person singular simple present corroborates, present participle corroborating, simple past and past participle corroborated)

1. (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
   • 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:

     The concurrence of all […] corroborates the same truth.

2. (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.
   • 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:

     As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁rewdʰ-‎ (0 c, 41 e)

• corroboration

Translations

To confirm or support with additional evidence

• Belarusian: пацвярджа́ць impf (pacvjardžácʹ), пацве́рдзіць pf (pacvjérdzicʹ)
• Bulgarian: потвърждавам (bg) (potvǎrždavam), подкрепям (bg) (podkrepjam)
• Catalan: corroborar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佐證／佐证 (zh) (zuǒzhèng)

• Danish: bekræfte (da)
• Dutch: onderbouwen (nl)
• Esperanto: konfirmi (eo)
• Finnish: vahvistaa (fi)
• French: corroborer (fr)
• German: bestätigen (de), untermauern (de), stützen (de), bekräftigen (de)
• Hungarian: megerősít (hu)
• Icelandic: styrkja
• Irish: neartaigh le
• Italian: corroborare (it)
• Latin: corrōborō
• Manx: co-niartaghey, co-niartey
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bekrefte, styrke (no), underbygge

  Nynorsk: bekrefte, styrke, underbygge

• Polish: potwierdzać (pl) impf, potwierdzić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: corroborar (pt)
• Romanian: susține (ro), corobora (ro), adeveri (ro)
• Russian: подкреплять (ru) (podkrepljatʹ), подтвержда́ть (ru) (podtverždátʹ), подтверди́ть (ru) pf (podtverdítʹ)
• Slovene: podpreti
• Spanish: corroborar (es)
• Swedish: bekräfta (sv), bestyrka (sv), styrka (sv)
• Turkish: delille desteklemek
• Ukrainian: підтве́рджувати impf (pidtvérdžuvaty), підтве́рдити pf (pidtvérdyty), підкрі́плювати impf (pidkrípljuvaty), підкріпи́ти pf (pidkripýty)
• Welsh: ategu (cy)

To make strong; to strengthen

• Bulgarian: укрепвам (bg) (ukrepvam), засилвам (bg) (zasilvam)
• Italian: corroborare (it)

Further reading

• “corroborate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “corroborate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “corroborate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

corroborate

1. inflection of corroborare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

corroborate f pl

1. feminine plural of corroborato

Latin

Verb

corrōborāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corrōborō

Spanish

Verb

corroborate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of corroborar combined with te